Saturday 28th January, 2012
Firearms and ammunition found in Dublin
A garda investigation is underway following the discovery of a quantity of firearms, ammunition and what's believed to be explosive material at an apartment ...
2,500 attend Ian Paisley's farewell service
2,500 people have attended a farewell service at the Martyrs Memorial Free to mark the retirement of 85-year-old Rev Ian Paisley in Belfast tonight. Dr Paisley founded the Free Presbyterian Church ...
Remembering Clare Fischer On Piano Jazz
reports that he died of complications from a heart attack suffered two weeks ago. Fischer was a respected improvising pianist, but left his biggest mark behind the scenes as a composer, arranger and ...
World Travel News Weekly: Israel, Ireland and Italy
Beach ConnectionCovering World Travel and the Oregon coast: Astoria, Seaside, Cannon Beach, Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler, Rockaway, Garibaldi, Tillamook, Oceanside, Pacific City, Lincoln City, Depoe Bay, Newport, ...
Well-wishers mark Ian Paisley retirement
Belfast TelegraphFor the man who has had more farewells than Frank Sinatra, the Reverend Ian Paisley last night marked his retirement from the pulpit. The 85-year-old former DUP leader, North Antrim MP and ...
TOP 10: Best sellers at Dolan's art auction
Irish TimesWould the last postmodernist please turn out the lights? Postmodernism means picking over the corpse of culture, using irony as the main tool. But in a time of economic crisis, art about art can ...
Dolphin group secures €48,000 grant to refit former Haughey boat
Irish TimesLORNA SIGGINSTHE IRISH Whale and Dolphin Group has secured 75 per cent funding from the Leader scheme to refit the former Charles Haughey-owned ...
Senator out in cold after speech on rural schools
Irish TimesMIRIAM LORD';AS A Fine Gael Senator and former education spokeswoman, I have a request for Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn. I am respectfully asking him to review his position on ...
Figures reveal how bank borrowing spree fuelled property bubble
Irish TimesConsultant guilty of poor professional performance after woman (31) died Statistics show that the level of personal borrowing shot up during the bubble years, ...
Value your Chinese porcelain for free
Irish TimesMICHAEL PARSONSCHINESE PORCELAIN has been achieving startlingly high prices at auctions in Ireland and overseas in recent years.The reason? Newly wealthy Chinese collectors are targeting auction ...
Farmer dead after fire
Irish TimesPeter Cunningham AN 89-YEAR-OLD retired farmer was found dead after a house fire on the Erris Peninsula near Belmullet, Co Mayo, yesterdayHe was named locally as Michael McAndrew from Gortmelia, ...
Divers answer appeal for help at Union Hall
Irish TimesLOUISE ROSEINGRAVE in CorkAFTER A joint appeal by families of two missing fishermen, the organisers of the search operation at Union Hall, Co Cork, said last night that they were now oversubscribed ...
'Promiscuous' notes cause anger and envy in Middle Ireland
Irish TimesMIRIAM LORDMARY FROM Clontarf is on the Liveline. Mary, you’re very upset. Why? – Joe, in regards of these promiscuous notes from the Anglo Irish Bank – it’s not right. ...
'Mr Milligram' can turn the scales - just look at Inda
Irish TimesMIRIAM LORDPOLITICS IS a hard road.The Taoiseach had a difficult time in opposition. He was Kenny Lite. Enda the Underestimated. People said he didn’t have it in him to be the boss.And there ...
True story of a pipe dream
Irish Times'Mr Milligram' can turn the scales - just look at Inda THIS IS a true story. A deputy from the west related it to colleagues in the Members’ Bar this week. The TD told how he got a ...
'Feck off' poster has Green councillor all fuelled up
Irish TimesThe poster on the pump in Abbeyfeale. Cllr Meaney's initial anger turned to delight when he realised the Green Party "stood up for something ...
Oireachtas alumni enjoy knees-up
Irish TimesMIRIAM LORDON TUESDAY night, the Trinity Alumni of the Oireachtas gathered in the finest address in Dublin – No 1, Grafton Street – for a genteel little knees-up with the ...
Megaphone diplomacy as septic tank protest flushes out divisions
Irish TimesPádraig Ó Conghaola: the chairman of the Connemara group against septic tank charges was wheeled to the gates of Leinster House while sitting on a toilet. Photograph: Joe ...
Student claims injuncted video is on YouTube
Irish TimesLegal fees in injuries case excessive, High Court told A student falsely accused of taxi fare evasion in an internet video is to seek High Court permission to bring a contempt of court action ...
Couple win stay on €5.1m judgment
Irish TimesLegal fees in injuries case excessive, High Court told A couple who claimed a bank breached the Central Bank’s code of conduct on mortgage arrears in pursuing €5.1 million judgment orders ...
Legal fees in injuries case excessive, High Court told
Irish TimesMARY CAROLANA DISPUTE over a €212,000 instruction fee approved for a firm of solicitors representing a young boy who secured an €800,000 settlement over serious injuries suffered in a road ...
Man jailed for blackmailing former councillor
Irish TimesCouple win stay on €5.1m judgment A MAN has been sentenced to three years for blackmailing a former Fianna Fáil councillor using pictures of him allegedly taking cocaine.Wesley Higgins ...
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